Disney would sell the 22 regional sports networks it would acquire from Twenty-First Century Fox as part of a settlement that won it regulatory approval of its $71 billion purchase of most of Fox’s assets, the Mouse House said on Wednesday.

The agreement to sell the RSNs, including the YES Network in New York, was disclosed as part of a consent decree between Disney and the Justice Department — which filed suit to block the deal.

The lawsuit and the settlement were announced simultaneously.

The DOJ settlement does not seal the deal for Disney — rival bidder Comcast is expected to sweeten its $65 billion, or $35-a-share, all-cash offer for the Fox assets, which include the RSNs, the 20th Century Fox movie studio, cable stations and its stake in Sky and Hulu.

Disney’s latest cash and stock offer of $38 a share, or $71.3 billion, is the better offer, Fox has said.

Disney would have at least 90 days from the date of closing the transaction to complete the sale of the RSNs, which have 61 million subscribers. Together with ESPN, which it already owns, Disney would have had too tight a grip on the sports market, the Justice Department maintained.

Comcast, as it mulls its next step, may team up with private equity investors to snap up Fox assets, analysts have predicted.

Comcast did not return requests for comment.

“Right now Fox is controlling this timeline and I think Comcast is likely to respond to it,” said Todd Klein, partner of Revolution Growth, a Washington, DC, growth equity investor fund launched by Steve Case that specializes in media, technology and e-commerce companies.

That Fox has yet to set the date for its shareholders’ meeting — where it would vote on Disney’s offer — is telling because it gives Comcast time to come up with a counter, Klein said.

Comcast’s sweetened offer could reach as high as the mid-$40-per- share range, Klein said.